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This reminds me of a thought I had about driver-less trucks. The truck drivers who get laid off will be re-employed as security guards to protect the automated
by analog31 2y ago
This reminds me of a thought I had about driver-less trucks. The truck drivers who get laid off will be re-employed as security guards to protect the automated trucks from getting robbed.
- crazygringo 2y agoThat's an amusing idea, but won't happen. Trucks will just be made more secure, that much harder to open, if theft starts to increase.
- layer8 2y agoOnly if that’s cheaper than security guards. “Just” hiring security guards may be more cost-effective than “just” making trucks more robbery-resistant.
- crazygringo 2y agoOf course it's going to be cheaper. If a truck has a lifetime of 20 years, that's 20 years' worth of paying a security guard for it. You really think it could take 20 years' worth of human effort in labor and materials to make a truck more secure? The price of the truck itself in the first place doesn't even come close to that.